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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the I'ostofTiee in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.00 r.? %? ?t_ r n >ix .wonms .< ? Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1910. Blease warns the people to beware of the Manning forces in their frenzied attempts to buy votes or in theii madness who seek to steal the eleetior on the day of the second primary. lit need not trouble himself on that score Nobody seeks to buy the votes nor tc steal the election from him. He just ain't trointf to tret it; that's all. We propose yivinjr quick and accurate returns of the county and State election in the second primary next Tuesday. All those 'phoned or telegraphed us the returns of the first pri nary are requested to do so on tht occasion of the second primary. Wt feel sure no community is bettei served in the matter of the eleetior returns than is the county of Union We make no charge tor this service we feel that it is a duty the news paper owes the community. M AXMING'S ADM INISTK ATl(? LAWLESS? The charge is being made by Bleas< and many of his followers that Man ning's administration has been a lawless one; that crime is on the rani pant; that conditions are worse now than when Blease was governor. Lei us look into this. People are prom to forget; they lose sight of the deat and save their sympathy for the living. Have the people of Union count> forgotten the case of Harry Coleman convicted of assassinating his own father, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Where is he now? A free man and no doubt busying himself with the political advancement of Blease, the governor who set him at liberty. .lust after the case of Harry Coleman came the case of Nicholson, convicted of killing Jack McKissick. and sentenced to the penitentiary for a long term of years. Where is he now? Out, free, at liberty to work for Blease in the present strenuous timoQ Ho rliil nnf ntnoVt moro fVia n I ? ? ? ? v""" pet to the penitentiary before the man who now accuses the Manning administration of lawlessness, set him free. These are not the only cases, that occurred right here in Union county, but they are sufficient to point our tale. It is ridiculous for a man who has set at liberty two of the most hideous criminals in the annals o* crime to point his finger at Manning and ridicule his pardoning record. It is sad to face a deadness of public conscience that can so soon forget the dead, and that can have sympathy only for the unfortunate criminal. Our people do not think; they do not consider. Some day the shaft will strike home, then there will be consideration, but it will be too late. We do not believe there is a man in Union county that, upon sober thought, will say Blease's administration was less lawless than was that of Manning. Better think twice before putting a man in the governor' chair who has emptied your penitentiaries and chaingangs, undone the work of your courts and juries and who had no regard for the rights of any save those of his political friends. MANNING OB BLEASE? Manning or Blease, which? We do not hesitate to say that, in our humble judgment, Manning should be given a second term. Blease has been governor for four years, two terms. It has been a long-established custom to give it to no man a third term. This is a reasonable reason, but there is one far stronger. Governor Manm twr tirou 11nnn Itio rlnnlarul inn that, if chosen, he could enforce the laws of the State. He has done exactly that. The chief objection to him comes from the lawless element, chafing under enforced law. All blind timers are opposed to him. All the advocates of unrestricted license are opposed to him. It is true that some good citizens are opposed to him. We believe they are sincere, but misguided. They believe the adverse criticisms made against the Manning administration, but could not sift and make sure of the truth of a single charge. So far as we know, Governor Manning has been a clean, high-class executive. We believe him to be a worthy man, one who has done his duty as he saw it. We do not propose to be driven from supporting him by the hue and cry raised against him hy his enemies. If we thought him an unworthy servant of the peo t>le, we would join in with those who seek to pull him down. We do not propose to pull a man down for doing his duty. He has made the law a thing to be respected, and he should have the support of every law-abiding citizen in the State. And we do not believe, as Governor Manning's enemies seem to think, that he will be defeated. We believe he is going to be elected by some four or five thousand majority. He will be so elected if the Manning supporters turn out on Tuesday. The vote, in our judgment, will be around (58 to 72 thousand in favor of Manning. To this end we look. In the first primary I the supporters of Mr. Blease talked l Cooper but voted Blease. There will be no side issue this time. It is Manning or Blease, and we believe the bulk of the Cooper votes will go to . Manning. Besides, many of the Man . ning supporters in the hrst primary - gave little attention to the matter, ) for all felt there would be a second ? primary. This will not be the condi.t tion the second primary. If a full , vote is polled Tuesday, and there is > every indication that there will be, Manning will be the next governor of South Carolina. THEN ANI) NOW. In July, 1912, The Times editor ex pressed his personal reasons for ob jecting to Blease as Governor. What ; was said then is so applicable now 1 that we shall reproduce the editorial, f The only difference is that then the i Governor had not gone half the gaits that he afterwards traveled. I The following is the editorial of - Friday, July 26, 1912: We do not base our opposition to Governor Blease upon newspaI per reports, but upon personal knowledge. His own words and acts place him beyond the pale, ? so far as the writer is concerned. Even the newspapers refuse to j publish some of his sayings because of the gross blasphemy and the indecent language. It is hard to believe one's senses. The Govt ernor's inaugural address was in itself enough to cause every I Christian man in the State to part company with him. His Bamberg speech was about as bad; indeed, if one will think soberly upon the matter, it is hard to see how the i moral forces in the State can in anywise lend him support. He has broken down the trial by jury and the courts of the State. He has pardoned or paroled nearly three hundred prisoners from the State penitentiary. It is one of two things?either there has been a woeful miscarriage of justice in our courts or the Governor is sadly at fault. Has one out of every two conviction in our courts been a miscarriage of justice? Are half the convictions by jury wrong convictions? Can one man, even though he be the chief executive of the State, know better how to mete a just verdict than did the jurors who act in juderinent upon all these cases? Either we have had a mighty lot of poor jurymen or the Governor is at fault. There is no escape from 1 the conclusion. Then, too, he has repeatedly said he will stand by his friends and that his enemies need not apply. Is friendship for the Governor to decide these matters? Does he have no shame in thus declaring that it is a matter of personal friendship and not one of right and wrong? These and many other things could be said in condemnation of his course, but we refrain. We fall out with no man who holds opinions different from our own, but we do not believe Governor Blease to be a good man, therefore we oppose him. But we must go into personal matters, .just auer 1 ne limes building: was burned .the Governor came to Union and made a speech. Under the spur of his denunciations a henchman of the Governor called out: "Send for Rice," meaning: the editor of The Times. Another loyal supporter of the Governor answered: "By G , Rice grot his dose." All this took place right before the governor's face and while he was appealing to the passions and prejudices of the people; he did not open his mouth to rebuke his over-zealous henchman* indeed, it was virtually an invitation to the lawless to give a "dose" to anybody and the giver of the "dose," being a friend of the Governor, would find pardon. Again: A young man caught with the money upon his person, money which he had gotten by breaking into and robbing the ! Rice Drug Company's store at night, confessed his guilt and was indicted and let out on a $300 bond. Several terms of court have passed and yet the matter, although presented by the grand iury of Union county in a true bill, has not yet been brought before the courts: When inquiry was made by the prosecutors in the case Solicitor Otts said he had a letter from Governor Blease asking as a persona! favor that the ease be postponed. Twice this has happened and the ease has not yet been tried. The Governor knew nothing of ihe case save what was given him l>y interested parties. The ease has not yet been tried. He cannot say the act of hoTding up the trial was done because of a numerously signed petition. Solicitor Otts informed the writer that he had been informed that the Governor had written the officers here to wire him if the case came up and upon conviction he would wire a pardon. We feel sure no one with a sense of justice will condemn the writer for opoosing the reelection of Governor Blease. He has meddled with the court of justice in this case and if he will do that, he has done the same thing in other cases. We cannot and will not support him. SEDALIA Sedalia, Sept. 6.?Protracted services are being held at Padgett's Creek church this week. Rev. E. A. Fuller, the pastor, is conducting the meeting. Much interest is being shown and we trust that much good may be accomplished. M rs. W. D. Hodges and MisB Sara II Watson of Greenville, Miss Alice McClintock of Ora have all returned to their respective homes after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Preston Bobo ut "Pine View Farms." M rs. Jeff Taylor was hostess on last I Friday at a "spend-the-day" party. Among her invited guests were Mesdames G. F. Moseley, Earl Sanders, R. B. Alverson, W. I). Hodges, P. B. Bobo, Martha Graham, Sallie Ray, Miss Alice McClintock. Mrs. Eva Humphries of Darlington, Mrs. Jim Wilburn and daughter, Miss Beatrice, of Union, are the guests of Mrs. J. W. Humphries. Mr. and Mrs. David B. Bobo of Clinton were the guests of relatives and friends here last Sunday. Miss Isadore Bobo has returned from a visit to Jonesville. Miss Flossie Wilburn, a pupil of Cross Keys High school, has won the scholarship of Winthrop college. Her many friends are congratulating her on her success. Mrs. .J. L. Martin of Spartanburg is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bishop. M essrs. Charlie Bailey of Foresx neighborhood and Mr. White of Indiana spent Wednesday in Sedalia with friends. M rs. J. H. Bartles of Union is spending a few daye with relatives here. Mrs. Janie Smith of Glenn Springs is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mi liter. W. E. Thomson, Jr., who has been at work with an engineering corps, will return home Saturday for a few days' vacation before returning to Clemson college on Sept. 10th. WHY A THIRD TERM? So far as the editor of this paper is concerned he would vote in r.o man in South Carolina for a third term as governor. We think the precedent established that no one man should hold the office longer than two terms is a wise one. If the precedent is ever broken there is then just it-ason to believe that there would be no limit to one person's occupancy of the office. And if there is to be r? limit ,then where the necessity lor an election? Why not just find a popular idol and give the State into his keeping until he tires of the iauble and flings it down like a child tired of a toy. To prolong the tenure of the office as established by prece- s dent is to cheapen its value and to I build up an autocracy and serfdom, t a condition which, all nations who suf- J fer from it, are striving to get *ia of. i; George Washington, who led the strug- 3 gling American colonies to victory in t their fight for political independence, saw the danger of such a course, and t had the honesty and courage to refuse f a third term when the infant govern- r ment tried to force it upon him. A c weaker man, with an o'erweening es- 1 timate of himself, would have yielded < and wrecked the very underlying principle of the Republican form of gov- ' ernment in its very making. And ] those who have tried for the third i term, Grant and Roosevelt, two pop- 1 ular idols, were summarily set aside < by their own party worshippers. Shall , South Carolina act less wisely by ig- ] noring the same principle in the se- i lection of a governor? We do not be- , lieve it will be done.?Kershaw i Era. t THE SKIRT IS COMING DOWN. '( The skirt has surely gone up as , high as it's going to, and now it is n coming down. The shoemakers know ' it, and it is a matter of business with . them to know, too. They have taken J about two inches off the tops of the ( new fall shoes. This new skirt is rat ( coming way down, however. It will stop about at the ankles. The; tendency, too, is toward straight and nar- ( rower lines. But it will be a long , way from the hobble. Women having , been hobbled once are not likely to be ( hobbled again. That's where the de- | lights of freedom come in. By the v way, Callotof Paris was among the first of the sponsors for this longer skirt. The pert, daring and bouffant skirt _ will still be worn; but it has lost its y novelty, and that was the best part of j it. Lots of women, however, thought e its youthfulness the best part. They ' claimed that you couldn't toll I he grandmother from the granddaughter, when viewed from behind, by wearing it. But you see the granddaughter doesn't care about this, if a new style seems more attractive, id the poor grandmother must sub- j rnit. It does seem as though youth j and fashion are always in league quite forgetting that middle age and old age have aspirations about being c tastefully clothed. SOME HOPE OF ACTION. Washington, Sept. C>.?Administra- ' tion senators tonight had hope of rati- < fying at this session of congress the ' treaty to purchase the Danish West 1 Indies for $25,000,000. After several hours discussion in executive session < there were clair indications that more < than two-thirds of the senators favir- i ed the purchase. LET US I | WE Service, Qu We are living up to this to demonstrate tl FLOUR In spite of Flood, failed to supply Flou our trade at a dolla best mills of the cour Just unloaded On Just unloaded On Just unloaded On Any Sack of any I or we take it off you Sold over Seven complaint on a Sack eral dollars per barr take it now before \ bought at higher pi It is up to you, IV I give you as good Fk COFFEE! I We are still sellii the cheapest to the b( We can supply ; Whole Bean, Groun< Full Lines Carha H I, .. VV/il KJ V/& VVI fees. We believe we ca know we can give yo a pound of our Chas vou a pound of any ( I better according to } pound you buy from Teas andS Tetley's, Chase & ! Silver P^ox, Leggetts every kind. If we d tion, and as good st do not ask for your 1 Dollar for Dollar give you more than quality, appreciation THE UNI Phone 100 or 80 WEST SPRINGS West Springs, Sept. 6.?Sunday was omewhat of a red letter day in the listory of West Springs. An "old ime singing" was held at West Springs church. The singing was omething new. Very few of the ounger generation had ever heard any >f the songs. Long before the hour appointed for ;he singing to begin the yard was illed with automobiles and carriages, rhrongs of people from different parts >f Spartanburg county, Spartanburg, Landrum, Chesnee, Woodruff and Pac>let were present. The book used was Billy Walker's 'Christian Harmony." It was deightful to see and hear the old people, many whom had come from a distance, sing those old songs. The singing was under the direction of Judge J. J. Burnett of Spartanburg. Vlr. Burnett had several of the promnent singers to each lead three pieces. Among those who lead in the singing A-ere "Uncle Joe" Bennett of Sparanburg, D. L. P. Martin of Chesnee, I. A. Lancaster of Jonesviile and othirs. Some of the songs that were used ivere "Webster," "Greenfield," "In That Morning" and "Hosannah." Those >ld songs were sung with great spirit ind affected the congregation very nuch. Many were seen to wipe the ears away as memories of bv-gone lays came back and flooded the mind. Just before the dinner, Judge Burictt said that along with the splendid nusic he thought it very appropriate o have some one to talk to the congregation ,so he introduced Prof. John J. Clinkscales. Prof. Clinkscales deivered a most excellent address. It vas a great pleasure to West Springs people to hear him again. At the conclusion of Prof. Clinkicales' address the audience was dis nisaeu 10 me grove, wnere a mosi lountiful dinner was served. An lour or two was spent in pleasant social intercourse, after which the ludience repaired to the house and tang for an hour or two longer. Among the favorites of the singers vere J. A. Lancaster, I). I,. P. Martin ind H. L. Shipman, of Saxon, who sang a fine tenor. The day will be long remembered >y the people of West Springs and it rns been decided to make the singing in annual event. Mr. Olin II. Bogan of Spartanburg spent the week-end here with his nother, Mrs. W. P. Bogan. Moxy, The Times correspondent at Lockhart Junction, attended the "alllay" singing" at West Springs on Sunday. Come again, Moxy, we are ilways glad to see you. Crops in this section are turning >ut to be as short as was expected. Dotton is almost a complete failure rnd all late corn is the same wav. T. J. W. BE YOUR GROCERS I ARE ALWAYS ON THE JOB | lality, Satisfaction, Reasonable Price. I motto, and you can never find a better time than now R lat it pays to do business with the Old Reliable. H ! FLOUR! FLOUR! I , Famine, Strike and other disasters, we have not I r as fine as silk and so far we are still supplying fl r or more per barrel less than the biggest and 8 ltry will sell it to us today in any quantity. 8 te Car Purity Finest Fancy Patent. fl e Car Pansy Finest Superlative Patent. fl e Car Finest Self-Rising Flour. R Flour we sell must give you perfect satisfaction fl ir hands. R Hundred Barrels in last Forty Days, without a H . Give us the chance and we will save you sev- R el on your winter's supply of Flour if you will 8 ye have to put in stock, Flour that we have H 'ices wholesale, than we are now making retail. R [r. Consumer, we will save you the money and fl )ur as you have had in years if you will let us. H COFFEE! * COFFEE! 8 lg everything in Fresh Roasted Coffees, from ? ist without any advance. fl any reasonable quantity, Green or Roasted, fl i or Pulverized to order, without extra cost. H irt's Coffees, White House Coffees, Russel's Cof- H 5 and the Justly Famous Chase & Sanborn Cof- H m ,n please the most critical Coffee Drinker. We H u as good values as any house in the State. Buy e & Sanborn Coffee at any price you desire, buy R )ther Coffee at the same price and if ours is not R /our judgment, we will present you with the fl no uo? H pices! Teas and Spices! | Sanborn's, Ridgeways, Perri-Walla, Lipton's, 3 and our Famous Royal Line of Pure Spices of fl 0 not give you as good values, as complete selec- B ;rvice in these items as is possible to obtain, we B business, but we do ask for a trial. E ', we guarantee no concern in busness today will B we will gladl/ furnish in service, satisfaction, fl or price. fl ION GROCERY CO. I GOOD THINGS TO EAT L. L. WAGNON, Mgr. 1 ?MB?i WIB??BBamHBnJ 1 j M I TO THE LADIES Our Fall line of the famous Drew Shoes 1 are now ready for your inspection. We have them in all leathers and styles. The new high Boots in all the latest leathers, whites, browns, ivory and greys and the new two tone effects. There is any style here the most exacting dresser may wish. The new Drew Shoes leads ithem all in style, fit and workmanship. Call and let us show you these new styles, whether you are ready to buy or not. We will take pleasure in showing them to you. We are agents for the Gotham Gold Stripe hosiery, the stocking that wont rip. Watch our Show Windows Union Clothing Company D. W. MULLINAX, Mgr. a i